Bed



J. S. BAILEY.

BED.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 6, I919- 1,334, 127 Patented Mar. 16,1920.

' INVENTOR Lia 100$ &5. Ba i/9 A TTORNEYS BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1920.

Application filed December 6, 1919. Serial No. 342,933.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAooe 'S. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Honolulu, in the Territory of Hawaii, have invented a new and Improved Bed, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in beds, an object of the invention being to provide an improved construction of vertical filler rods and improved manner of connecting the same to the upper and lower horizontal rods of the head and foot members or side members of beds, cribs and the like, which will sustain all strains without danger of collapse.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a view in elevation of a head board or member embodying; my invention.

Fig. 2 is a view illustrating the manner of assembling parts.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view show ing a single vertical filler rod in position.

Fig. 4 is a detail view, illustrating the manner of inserting a filler rodin a horizontal rod.

1 represents upper and 2 the lower horizontal rods of a frame, which may constitute the head or foot board of a metal bed, although it is obvious that my invention is adapted for use in connection with the side member of a crib or like construction.

The upper rod 1 may constitute an integral part of vertical posts 3 and the lower rod 2 may be secured to the posts in any approved manner.

The rods 1 and 2 are tubular in form and are provided with openings 4 to receive the ends of vertical filler rods 5. 7

These filler rods 5 have curved lugs 6 at their ends, the lug 6 at one end projecting in a direction opposite to the direction of projection of the lug 6 at the other end.

The rods 5 also may have annular enlargements 7 adjacent their ends which serve as shoulders limiting the movement of the rods 5 in the horizontal rods 1 and 2. These enlargements 7 may be beveled to fit the walls of the openings 4 or may be otherwise formed to suit the trade.

To assemble the frame, the rods 1 and 2 are positioned as shown in Fig. 2 so that the lugs 6 can be projected into the openings 4:. The lower rod 2 is then moved laterally bringing the rods 5 to a vertical position, and the rod 2 is then fixed in position against the posts 3.

A frame constructed as above described 'W1ll support any vertical strain, even the weight of a person on the lower rod, without danger of collapse and the structure will gedrigid and firm, giving long life to the In the modification shown in Fig. 4: the shoulders are dispensed with, but the coupling action is the same, and the rods have a snug fit in the opening.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form of the parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A frame of the character described comprising upper and lower horizontal tubular rods having openings therein, vertical rods, and lugs on the ends of the vertical rods located in the horizontal rods and projecting in opposite directions.

2. A frame of the character described, comprising upper and lower horizontal tubular rods having openings therein, vertical filler rods having curved lugs at their respective ends projecting in opposite directions and located in the openings in the horizontal rods, and shoulders on the vertical rods engaging the horizontal rods.

3. A frame of the character described, comprising upper and lower horizontal tubular rods having openings therein, vertical filler rods having curved lugs at their" re.- spective ends projecting in opposite directions and located in the openings in the horizontal rods, and shoulders on the vertical rods engaging the horizontal rods, said shoulders and Walls of said openings having beveled contacting surfaces.

4:. A frame of the character described, comprising a pair of posts, a tubular rod integral with the upper ends of the posts, a lower horizontal tubular rod secured to the posts, said rods having openings there- I rections.

in, vertical rods between the posts, said vertical rods having curved lugs at their ends positioned in the openings of the horizontal rods, and the lugs at the respective ends of the vertical rods projecting in opposite di- JACOB STENNETT BAILEY. 

